Tuesday, 4 March 2014

A Country Retreat.....

...are giving away an amazing One thousand pounds to a handmade hero who can write a fantastic blog past about how they transformed a piece of fabric from their exclusiveCountry Retreat range into an incredible craft creation.-oOo-

Hillarys Blinds

Country Crafts Competition

-Country Retreat Range designed by Victoria Robinson-

After making up my mind what fabric to choose....(I loved the 'Bird Parade Teal'...and the 'Wild Poppies Vermillion' caught my eye!!...and 'Calluna Amethyst' was sooooo pretty!!....)Decision Decisions!!......but I finally decided opt for a free sample of the Vintage Country retreat looking'Patina Pewter'

This is what I received from the lovely peeps at Hillarys

.....and I decided to create one of my Altered Art Dresses

I started off by creating my Art dress, by making my own simple pattern with the quality fabric.

Then I sorted through all my vintage and crafty supplies to find somethings to compliment this fabulous Hillary's 'Patina Pewter' fabric.

(This is the bit I enjoy doing the most!!- choosing and sorting through my vintage laces, buttons and embellies etc.. I could do this all day long LOL!)

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Then when I've decided what to add...I stitch, stitch away...(all by hand!) ....and this is the end result...

My...

Country Retreat Dress

....adorned with vintage laces and buttons.

I made a pocket from Hessian and a vintage doily...

More stitching!...

...filled it with an altered fractured doll and dolly pin.

I transferred the vintage image (copied from one of my own vintage photos) onto some fabric.

Adorned the pocket with, pull, rusty keys and bells

and various fabric elements.

-oOo-

And this is the reverse of the altered dress

complete with lace wings ......all ready to fly away to a country retreat!!

-oOo-Those lovely people at Hillarys were so generous with their 'Patina Pewter' fabric sample...I had plenty of material left over...

to make a little Country Retreat Shabby Heart

-oOo-

If you fancy transforming some fabby fabric...You need to Hurry....requests for fabric will close on Monday 17th March 2014 - you then need to create your blog post by March 31st and email it to Hillarys

13 comments:

Jan, oh this is amazing, I thinkyou created a fantastic piece of art, I love your dress, and the wonderful heart,too.... I wish you much luck winning the competision ,you surely created a gorgeous piece, dear.xo, Dorthe

WOW...Amazing work Jan....this is so beautiful... the Gorgeous fabric, the lace, the detail & design is outstanding....Love it all... the heart is gorgeous too....wish you lots of luck x x x Hugs May x x x

Hello janThanks for bringing me to your lovely blog by commenting on my Friendship Book. Yes that is a great idea isn't it - with the Prayer Flags!Your little altered art dress is simply gorgeous and you have put so much detail into your piece.I wish you all the very best in the competition and thanks for sharing it all with us!

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About Me

Hi I'm Jan from Essex, England.
I’m obsessed with all things arty and creative.
I like to experiment and dabble in lots of different crafts…..
Drawing, painting, cardmaking, scrap-booking, sewing, embroidery, rubber-stamping and I also enjoy altering items… especially vintage baby dresses, matchboxes, tins, canvasses and anything else that I can get my crafty hands on!
I also like to try out new things all the time and different styles, but I find, I'm usually drawn to shabby and vintage at the moment.